Operation Curtain

Operation Curtain
	Part of Soviet–Afghan War
	; Special Forces soldiers are preparing for a helicopter flight in a search group.
Date	March 1984 – April 1988
Location	15 border provinces, Afghanistan
Result	Limited Soviet success 12–15% of supply caravans intercepted;
Belligerents
Soviet Union Republic Of Afghanistan	Afghan Mujahideen Pakistan Supported by:; Iran
Commanders and leaders
Sergei Sokolov; Valentin Varennikov; Boris Gromov Mohammad Najibullah; Shahnawaz Tanai	Ismail Khan Zia-ul-Haq ; Armed by:; Ruhollah Khomeini
Units involved
40th Army (OKSVA) Afghan Army 9th Infantry Division 55th Motorized Infantry Brigade; ;	Interim Afghan Government Pakistan ISI; Iran Unknown
Strength
11,000 intelligence and special forces personnel	Tens of thousands of local and foreign fighters
Casualties and losses
Special forces only: 570 killed; 11 missing;	17,000 killed,; 825 captured

Operation Curtain (also referred to as Caravan war) was set of raids and ambushes conducted by Soviet spetsnaz troops to block the Pakistani-Afghan and Iranian-Afghani border during the Soviet–Afghan War.

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